Work with the Cooperative Cataloging Council and the ALCTS Committee on Scholarly
Communication to determine user needs in the realm of electronic documents.

II. DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS AND CATALOGING NORMS

Determine the role of data in the MARC format in providing intellectual access to electronic
documents.

Study whether alternatives such as Gophers and the Web are acceptable substitutes to
traditional
methods of "cataloging."

Investigate the manner in which SGML should be mapped to MARC and vice versa.
Electronic CIP
program should develop a pilot SGML CIP.

Determine standards that will provide locator information which is transportable and
automatically
updatable in bibliographic records.

Convene librarians, vendors, publishers, and members of the Internet Engineering Task Force
to
discuss standards for describing and accessing online documents.

III. RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND EDUCATION

Convene a task force to investigate library and information science education concerning the
issues
of information storage and retrieval using the Internet and cataloging digital documents.

Establish a committee to promote interest in carrying out research on the use of digitized
resources
and to determine what research is currently in progress. Work with public service and collection
development librarians to determine user needs and awareness of digital resources.